Conserved amino acid sequence features in the α subunits of MoFe, VFe, and FeFe nitrogenases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Glazer, Alexander N ^a   Kechris, Katerina J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN ANFD; PROTEIN NIFD; PROTEIN VNFD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MOLYBDENUM IRON PROTEIN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 67650340408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006136     Document Type: Article

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